http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/27/lavena_johnson/
Salon is a blog website dedicated to discussing issues of the treatment of women in this country, and Lavena Johnson's story wasn't the first time they had to deal with discrimination against a woman in the military. It seems like its up to internet blogs to do something about the discrimination we face in America because the media very often decides to stray away from these cases. Coincidence...I think not. The Lavena Johnson article written by Salon basically discusses the fact that all the evidence that they have found points away from what they ruled it: a suicide. All evidence points towards the fact that it was a rape, but no talk of that by media has yet to rise up. After this case surfaced, many more families of women in the military came out with similar stories. So the military not only lets their male soldiers rape and murder their female soldiers, but also provides cover up for them when they do it.
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/11/12/michelle_obama/index.html
In this article, the author talks about the "momification" of Michelle Obama, and how is she is not getting a lot of credit where a lot of credit is due. A lot of people do not know that she is a very prominent lawyer, but throughout the campaign, she was just getting looked at as "Barack's wife," and when he won the race, focus went to things like "how she's going to be dressing," and "how she is going to raise the kids" in the White House. Never has the issue been brought up about her profession, or where she is going to start working now that they had to move into the White House from Illinois. Their family has to make a huge adjustment, not just her husband. While Barack is busy getting his team together and figuring out his plan of action, Michelle has to worry about finding herself a new place to work, putting the kids in schools, and all these other "motherly" responsibilities. She might even be able to serve on her own husband's team somehow, but people are ruling that out just because they are married. This is another excuse to hold back a woman in making advancements. Even though her husband is the President, what's to say she don't want to make some bread too?
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